A US federal court here has started the sentencing hearing of David Coleman Headley, an LeT operative convicted of involvement in the 2008 Mumbai terrorist attacks. The hearing started before the court of US District Judge Harry D Leinenweber in downtown Chicago amidst an unprecedented security. ...
10:34 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Chicago: David Headley on Thursday concluded his testimony in the 26/11 trail by saying he had attended over 50 training sessions with the ISI. He also revealed that his handler ISI's Major Iqbal used a cell phone with a US number to stay in touch with him from Pakistan, while he was in Mumbai. On the last day of his testimony, David Coleman Headley also revealed that a Pakistani Navy...
07:34 AM, May 27, 2011
Chicago: Dissatisfied with the military and espionage training received by Mumbai attacks accused David Headley from the Lashkar-e-Taiba, Pakistan's spy agency ISI provided him a special course in Lahore for carrying out surveillance ahead of the 26/11 carnage. "ISI did provide me (espionage) training," Headley told a Chicago court as he was grilled by the defence attorney Charles D Swift on the third day of the trial on Wednesday of...
11:08 AM, May 26, 2011
New Delhi: On the third day of the 26/11 trial in Chicago, accused David Headley revealed that LeT handler Sajid Mir instructed the 26/11 attackers on phone, while watching the coverage on television. Headley also said that Mir was upset with the attackers for making mistakes and leaving clues, despite what he thought was a fool-proof plan. As the testimony continues - ISI's hand in the Mumbai attacks is getting...
08:11 AM, May 26, 2011
Chicago: US federal prosecutors have presented to a Chicago court additional evidences linking strong connection between David Headley, the Mumbai terror accused, and officials of the Pakistan's spy agency ISI. Through records of several emails exhibited in the court federal prosecutors established beyond doubt that Headley was in constant contact with ISI officials, in particular Major Iqbal, and his handlers in Pakistan. In one of the emails to Major Iqbal,...
11:34 AM, May 25, 2011
Chicago: Day two of the 26/11 case hearing in Chicago saw more startling revelations by the prime witness David Coleman Headley, who revealed that there was a plot to kill Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray and that he had met former Shiv Sena PRO Rajaram Rege. Headley also testified that he was in constant touch with Major Iqbal of Pakistan's ISI and Lashkar's Sajid Mir. He said his handlers in...
07:50 AM, May 25, 2011
Chicago: Major Iqbal, the alleged ISI handler of David Coleman Headley, wanted to include Mumbai international airport in the list of targets in the 2008 terror attack, a court was told on Tuesday. In fact, Major Iqbal expressed his disappointment when Headley met him in Lahore in June 2008, five months before the attack after coming to know that the airport is not planned to be targetted. This formed part...
11:43 PM, May 24, 2011
New Delhi: The US government, in its second chargesheet in the Mumbai terror attack case, has named ISI officer Major Iqbal as a key conspirator for the 26/11 carnage. In the chargesheet five people have been named as accused in the case of "conspiracy to bomb places of public use in India". Even as US-Pakistan ties are under strain, a second chargesheet has been filed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks...
08:02 AM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The US government, in its second chargesheet in the Mumbai terror attack case, has named ISI officer Major Iqbal as a key conspirator for the 26/11 carnage. In the chargesheet five people have been named as accused in the case of "conspiracy to bomb places of public use in India". Even as US-Pakistan ties are under strain, a second chargesheet has been filed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks...
08:02 AM, May 10, 2011
New Delhi: The US government has filed the second chargesheet in the Mumbai terror attack case. In the chargesheet five people have been named as an accused in the case of "conspiracy to bomb places of public use in India" and one of them is a serving officer in the Pakistani Army. Even as US-Pakistan ties are under strain, a second chargesheet has been filed in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks...
04:39 PM, May 09, 2011
Thimphu: Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will reach Thimphu early on Wednesday, setting the stage for India and Pakistan to hijack yet another SAARC summit. Singh could meet his Pakistani counterpart Yousuf Raza Gilani in Bhutan's capital Thimphu on Wednesday and Thursday, but no major breakthrough is expected, given Islamabad's response to India's dossiers on 26/11. Pakistan says the evidence against Lashkar-e-Toiba chief Hafiz Saeed is sketchy and insufficient, the...
09:30 PM, Apr 27, 2010
